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I/278               Catalog of stars in M3                    (von Zeipel, 1908)
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Catalogue de 1571 etoiles contenues dans l'amas globulaire Messier 3 (NGC 5272).
 Catalog of 1571 stars contained in the globular cluster Messier 3 (NGC 5272).
    von Zeipel M.H.
   <Ann. Obs. Paris, 25, 1 (1908)>
   =1908AnPar..25....1V
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular ; Magnitudes, photographic

Description:
       Catalog of 1571 stars contained in the globular cluster Messier 3,
       observed in 1905 at the Observatoire de Paris.

       Table 1: Observations
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Plate      Date       Exp. Time   H     Observators          State of the sky
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  (1/2)  31/03/1905      30m    +2.6    A. Boinot.                 3,5
  (1)    27/04/1905      57m   +34.1    J. Baillaud.               cloudy
  (2)    09/05/1905     122m    -7.4    A. Boinot; J. Baillaud     3
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File Summary:
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 FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe            80        .   This file
catalog.dat      106     1571   Catalogue of 1571 stars of the globular cluster
                                 Messier 3 (NGC. 5272)
mult.dat          21       25   Multiple star identifications
remarks.dat       73      116   Remarks (in French)
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See also:
     J/A+A/290/69  : M3 photographic photometry (Buonanno+, 1994)
     J/A+A/320/757 : M3 stars CCD photometry (Ferraro+ 1997)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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   Bytes Format Units    Label   Explanations
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   1-  4  I4    ---      vZ      Star number (NGC 5272 NNNN in Simbad)
       5  A1    ---    n_vZ      [*] *: Note on multiplicity in mult.dat file
   7-  8  I2    h        RAh     Right ascension (1900.0)
  10- 11  I2    min      RAm     Right ascension (1900.0)
  13- 18  F6.3  s        RAs     Right ascension (1900.0)
  20- 22  I3    0.001s   dRAs2   ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (2)" RA values (1)
  24- 26  I3    0.001s   dRAs1   ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (1)" RA value (1)
  28- 30  I3    0.001s   dRAs1/2 ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (1/2)" RA value (1)
      33  A1    ---      DE-     Declination sign (1900.0)
  34- 35  I2    deg      DEd     Declination sign (1900.0)
  37- 38  I2    arcmin   DEm     Declination sign (1900.0)
  40- 44  F5.2  arcsec   DEs     Declination sign (1900.0)
  46- 48  I3    10mas    dDEs2   ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (2)" DE value (1)
  50- 52  I3    10mas    dDEs1   ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (1)" DE value (1)
  54- 56  I3    10mas    dDEs1/2 ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (1/2)" DE value (1)
      58  A1    ---      ---     [*] *: Variable star
  59- 62  F4.1  mag      mpg     ? Photographic magnitude
      63  A1    ---    u_mpg     [)] Uncertainty flag on mpg
  65- 67  I3    mag      dmpg2   ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (2)" mpg value (1)
      68  A1    ---    u_dmpg2   [)] Uncertainty flag on empg2
  70- 72  I3    mag      dmpg1   ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                   "plate (1)" mpg value (1)
      73  A1    ---    u_dmpg1   [)] Uncertainty flag on empg1
  75- 77  I3    mag      dmpg1/2 ? Difference between adopted and observed on
                                    "plate (1/2)" mpg value (1)
      78  A1    ---    u_dmpg1/2 [)] Uncertainty flag on empg1/2
  80- 87  A8    ---      Rem2    Remark on "plate (2)", in remarks.dat file
  88- 96  A9    ---      Rem1    Remark on "plate (1)", in remarks.dat file
  98-106  A9    ---      Rem1/2  Remark on "plate (1/2)", in remarks.dat file
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Note (1): Values preceded by a "+" means that the data given by the "plate"
           is higher than adopted value
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: mult.dat
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   Bytes Format Units  Label     Explanations
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   1-  4  I4    ---    vZ        Multiple star number
       6  A1    ---    ---       [=]
   8- 20  A13   ---    Mult      Number of the stars that form the multiple star
      21  A1    ---  u_Mult      [?] Uncertainty flag on Mult
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: remarks.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     Rem       Remark number
   5- 74  A70   ---     Text      Text of the remark (in French)
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History:
    Prepared via OCR at CDS.
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(End)                         James Marcout, Patricia Bauer [CDS]    04-May-2001

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